Covered dish



(No Model.)

J.A.EADES.

' COVERED DISH.

NO. 2418,090 Patented Odt. 11,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. EADES, OF MIDD LETOWN, ASSIGNOR TO THE CROMWELL PLATE COMPANY,OF CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT.

COVERED DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,090, dated October11, 1881.

Application filed August 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. EADES, ofMiddletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covered Dishes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make anduse the same, reference being had to the accom- IO panying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

My improvement relates to butter-dishes,

1 sugar-bowls, and other similar articles which are intended to beprovided with a cover which can be raised, but which remains suspendedand attached to the article until again lowered so as to cover the dish.

The object of myimprovementis to provide a better and more convenientway of raising the cover than has heretofore been in use.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a sugar-bowl having my improvements, with the coverdown or closed. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same with the cover openor raised.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same with the cover partly raised, so as toshow the construction of the locking-arm. I

A is the body of the dish or bowl.

Bis a stationary frame, attached to the body and forming the handle.

C is the cover;

3 5 D is a bar extending across from side to sid between the uprightparts of the handle, and

turning in bearings in the handle or stationary frame B. This bar isbent or curved in form, so as to causeits middle point to rise or fallas the bar is rotated. The eoverO is hung to thebar Dso that it canswing by its gravity, so. as to always hang downward or in a properposition to close the vessel.

E is a movable handle or crank, attached to the bat-D onithe outside ofthe frame B, for 5 the purpose of operating the cover and locking it inposition up or down. The "arm E is intended to yield or spring, and isfurnished with a head,F, which has a recess or indented part to embracethe frame B and latch ontoit when tlie arm is directly up or down.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: When the arm E is raised inthe position shown in Fig. 1 the cover is closed and locked in position,so that it will, not and cannot become displaced until the arm E isunlocked and turned downward. This movement raises the cover, and whenthe arm E is latched in the position shown in Fig. 2 the cover remainssuspended and the vessel is open. To again close the cover the arm isagain turned upward. 1

What I claim as my invention is-- I In a covered dish, the combinationo'ffthe stationary frame B, the rotating curved bar D, to which thecover 0 is suspended, and the arm E,furnished with a locking device, F,substantially as described.

JOHN A. EADES.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. ELLIS, CHAS. L. BURDETT.

